Business Development, Deal Origination Associate

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Ukraine.

📋 Description

• Oversee outreach responses, follow-up communications, introductory discussions, and long-term engagement with independent sponsors.

• Conduct research and establish connections with sponsors, M&A professionals, lenders, attorneys, and referral networks.

• Comprehend investment strategies, evaluate initial compatibility, collect transaction details, and prepare succinct internal handoffs.

• Articulate deal-by-deal private equity concepts to qualified accredited investors using approved messaging, without resorting to hard selling or making performance guarantees.

• Ensure precise CRM documentation, monitor subsequent actions, and safeguard valuable contacts from being overlooked.

• Create follow-up schedules and enhance sourcing channels.

• Provide reports on activities that foster meaningful relationships and generate qualified deals.

• Cultivate trust, build a pipeline of relevant opportunities, and enhance the overall deal origination process.

⛳️ Requirements

• Approximately 2–5 years of pertinent experience in finance, investing, lending, M&A, financial services, or sophisticated B2B business development.

• Familiarity with EBITDA, enterprise value, leverage, and equity financing.

• Proficient written and verbal English communication skills.

• Clear, concise, and professional communication style.

• Exceptional organizational skills, CRM discipline, and attention to follow-up.

• Persistence without pressure, sound judgment, curiosity, and the ability to accurately qualify genuine opportunities.

• Proactive in researching new audiences, experimenting with sourcing channels, and independently developing processes.

• Comfortable working autonomously in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

• Expertise in private equity is advantageous but not mandatory.

• Ability to work with overlap in U.S. Eastern Time.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary combined with a defined performance bonus.

• Fully remote work arrangement.

• Opportunity to influence the CRM, relationship management process, sourcing strategy, and reporting systems.

• Close collaboration with senior leadership in a streamlined team structure, free from excessive management layers.

• Career advancement potential from managing outreach and follow-ups to leading sponsor relationships and taking ownership of part of the origination process.

• Growth trajectory with increasing responsibilities over the initial six months.